Underground Utility Pipe Layer Assistant & Hillman

Underground Utility Pipe Layer Assistant & Hillman

Company Name:
Coastal Pipeline Inc.

Location:

Deerfield Beach, FL (Broward & Palm Beach Counties Regional Operations)

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Schedule:

Full Time, Monday through Friday (Overtime opportunities available based on project timelines)

Industry: Underground Utility Construction, Water Distribution, Sanitary Sewer, Storm Drainage, and Civil Sitework

Pay Scale: $20.00 to $24.00 per hour ($41,600.00 to $49,920.00 base annual equivalent) based on experience

Incentives:

Dependable Weekly Pay Cycle, Performance & Annual Bonuses, Comprehensive Medical Insurance Packages, Paid Time Off, Ongoing Safety Training & Trade Advancement Tracks

The Opportunity

Coastal Pipeline Inc. is seeking a hardworking Underground Utility Pipe Layer Assistant & Hillman to join our elite underground utility crews operating across Deerfield Beach, Broward County, and Palm Beach County.

In this vital hands-on field role, you will work directly alongside Pipe Layer Foremen and main-line pipelayers—staging pipes, handling fittings, rigging materials for heavy equipment drops, and preparing trench bottoms for water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage installations. Working with a stable, family-owned utility contractor built on field craftsmanship and safety, you will gain technical experience with pressure pipe, gravity systems, and trench shoring setups.

If you bring 2 or more years of experience as a hillman or pipelayer assistant in underground utilities, a strong safety mindset, and a desire to advance into a lead pipelayer or foreman role, Coastal Pipeline Inc. provides steady year-round work, weekly pay, and clear career growth tracks.

Key Responsibilities

• Pipe Staging & Trench Assistance:
  Handle, clean, inspect, and stage ductile iron (DIP), PVC (C900/SDR 26), and concrete storm pipes alongside the trench to ensure smooth placement by the pipe crew.
• Hillman & Rigging Support:
  Rig pipe sections, valves, hydrants, precast structures, and trench boxes safely using slings and chokers for excavator crane drops into active trenches.
• Material & Fitting Assembly:
  Assist top-man and lead pipelayer with mechanical joint (MJ) fittings, restraint glands, gaskets, lubrication, and laser alignment targets.
• Trench Safety & Shoring Setup:
  Maintain strict OSHA trench safety protocols—setting up trench boxes, aluminum hydraulic shoring, ladder access, and spoil pile setbacks.
• Inventory & Material Tracking:
  Track daily jobsite materials, verify delivery shipments, monitor fitting counts, and report supply needs to the pipe crew foreman.
• Ditch Maintenance & Site Cleanliness:
  Grade stone bedding, shovel trench bottoms, execute manual backfill compaction, and maintain a clean, safe jobsite environment.

What You Need to Succeed (Qualifications)

Required

• Utility Field Tenure:
  Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience as a Hillman, Tail Ditch Laborer, or Pipe Layer Assistant in underground utility construction.
• System & Material Literacy:
  Working familiarity with underground utility piping systems (water main distribution, sanitary sewer gravity mains, storm drainage culverts, and fire mains).
• Safety & Trench Awareness:
  Proven commitment to jobsite safety standards, with basic knowledge of OSHA trenching, excavation, and shoring guidelines.
• Physical Endurance & Stamina:
  Ability to perform intensive physical labor, lift materials weighing up to 50 lbs, and work outdoors in South Florida weather conditions over extended shifts.
• Mobility & Driver Credentials:
  Valid Driver License with reliable personal transportation to travel to regional job sites across Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Preferred

• Regional Utility
  
  Experience:
  
  Prior field experience on municipal water, sewer, or storm drainage pipe…